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Author Archives: Julius Gavroche
For May Day: Revolt is life
May Day, the “holiday” of the organised working class and shepherded celebratory memorial for all of those who struggled in the past for the benefits of labour today. Yet after more than a hundred years of organised labour, “workers’ republics”, … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Libertad, anarchism, insurrection, May Day, revolution
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For May Day: The voices of the accused
What follows below is first a brief introduction to the history of May Day, authored by Eric Chase for the IWW. May Day has its origins in the struggle for the eight hour workday in the united states. … Continue reading
The economics and politics of the rojava revolution
From a distance, and in the absence of a knowledge of the local languages, news about the “rojava revolution” in nothern syria remains fragmentary and often contradictory. While supportive of the movement, questions and doubts remain which we are unable … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Economies, anarchism, cooperatives, revolution, Rojava
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Voices of a revolution: Portugal, 25 of April 1974, Música de intervenção
A people without song are perhaps not a “people”, or at least, they are not more than temporary aggregates of consumers of music. But consumers do not make up a people and if it is in times of intense and … Continue reading
Ni dieu ni maitre: A history of anarchism
A documentary film by Tancrède Ramonet tells the story of anarchism from the Pierre-Joseph Proudhon’s What is Property? (1840) to the fall of Barcelona at the end of the spanish revolution/civil war (1939). Whatever historical-political lacunae one may find in … Continue reading
France: Insurgent Thought in a Fragmented World
From Ill Will editions and anarchist news, a quick and dirty english translation of a review of The Invisible Committee’s Now from yesterday’s Le Monde, along with an interview with Julien Coupat and Mathieu Burnel with Le Monde (20/04/2017) …
France: Resistance and rebellion under a state of emergency without end
On the eve of the french presidential elections, we share from the Crimethinc collective (20/04/2017), the second of two reflections on french politics, that is, on the only politics that matters, that which comes from below …
France 2015-2017: Permanent rebellion
On the eve of the french presidential elections, we share from the Crimethinc collective, the first of two reflections on french politics, that is, on the only politics that matters, that which comes from below …
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Tagged anarchism, democracy, france, Nuit Debout, rebellion
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In solidarity with sendika.org of turkey
Since the violent crackdown on the Gezi Park-Taksim Square occupation of 2013, Erdogan and the AKP government of turkey have sought by almost every means to silence dissent in the country: from the persecution of those who participated in the … Continue reading
For May Day: C.S.O.A. Forte Prenestino in Rome
From a friend of Autonomies … To celebrate the first of May inside a fort, a real historical fort with all the massive walls, heavy, imposing. To remember that there was once an attempt, here, on this piece of land, … Continue reading →